FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby Elessar » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:54 am

prisocisor wrote:
Elessar wrote:BTW, if it were me, I'd go to San Francisco - 1. because I have a friend who lives there, 2. because I have recently new-found desire to see what are the Starfleet Command and Academy grounds, and 3. Because it would be FANTASTIC research for YMAM 3


And here I just want to go for the food... & the wine ;)


wine? Is there... good wine there?
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby prisocisor » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:43 pm

Elessar wrote:wine? Is there... good wine there?

You bet! Sonoma County is just North of San Francisco, and famous for its wine ;)

Anywho... I took JT's advice and bought tix to the Grand Canyon! And after that, we're going to drive to Phoenix, and stay at the Arizona Grand Resort... looks pretty swanky :lol:

Thanks for the advice everyone :)
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby Bether6074 » Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:17 pm

You guys must all be getting pretty excited with the convention coming up so soon. Hope everyone has a great time! :D
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby enterprikayak » Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:49 pm

priso wrote: took JT's advice and bought tix to the Grand Canyon!


So all our planes are booked.

You know you're overspending when you start pulling out multiple cards so that MasterCard won't put the kibosh on your next purchase.

Like right after I bought my FEDCON tix, back in Oct or whenever, the same day I took my trusty MasterCard to Future Shop and bought a new computer.

Well, apparantly my "normal spending pattern" doesn't include Star Trek tickets in Dallas and new computers and so the card quit working and the bimbo cashier had to phone MC and get them to quit "protecting" me.

Wow, I feel so safe.
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby Elessar » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:01 am

enterprikayak wrote:
priso wrote: took JT's advice and bought tix to the Grand Canyon!


So all our planes are booked.

You know you're overspending when you start pulling out multiple cards so that MasterCard won't put the kibosh on your next purchase.

Like right after I bought my FEDCON tix, back in Oct or whenever, the same day I took my trusty MasterCard to Future Shop and bought a new computer.

Well, apparantly my "normal spending pattern" doesn't include Star Trek tickets in Dallas and new computers and so the card quit working and the bimbo cashier had to phone MC and get them to quit "protecting" me.

Wow, I feel so safe.


Wow, I've never had that happen. In fact someone charged $798 on SKIING equipment (I live in Missouri!) on my card a few years ago and it didn't get caught, had to go through this whole process of disputing it when the bill came :?
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby Distracted » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:04 am

So... nobody else wants T-shirts, right?
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby TPoptarts » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:10 am

How are you gonna find a t-shirt for Elessar if he has 6 arms?? :shock: :?
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby Distracted » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:12 am

Huh? :vulcan:
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby Elessar » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:12 am

TPoptarts wrote:How are you gonna find a t-shirt for Elessar if he has 6 arms?? :shock: :?


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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby Elessar » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:12 am

Distracted wrote:Huh? :vulcan:


From another thread, I said I had six arms.
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby TPoptarts » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:18 am

Elessar wrote:
TPoptarts wrote:How are you gonna find a t-shirt for Elessar if he has 6 arms?? :shock: :?


*avoids the joke about how many legs I have*

Well she ain't getting you pants so who cares. :? :dunno:
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby Lady Rainbow » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:23 pm

enterprikayak wrote:
priso wrote: took JT's advice and bought tix to the Grand Canyon!


So all our planes are booked.

You know you're overspending when you start pulling out multiple cards so that MasterCard won't put the kibosh on your next purchase.

Like right after I bought my FEDCON tix, back in Oct or whenever, the same day I took my trusty MasterCard to Future Shop and bought a new computer.

Well, apparantly my "normal spending pattern" doesn't include Star Trek tickets in Dallas and new computers and so the card quit working and the bimbo cashier had to phone MC and get them to quit "protecting" me.

Wow, I feel so safe.


Y'know, that reminds me of a commerical I saw here in Charlotte (home of NASCAR)...you see Kasey Kahne (a popular driver) leading by laps around a racetrack, and his pit crew chief calls him over the radio and tells him his credit card company's on the line and Kahne's like "WTF??". The credit card company asks him if he's currently in an outdoor store trying to purchase a boat or something and Kahne deadpans, "Nope. I'm working," about three seconds before he crosses the finish line under the checkered flag.
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby enterprikayak » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:09 pm

It's technically a good idea for them to monitor what you're buying, so that yes, if suddenly $20,000 worth of jewels goes thru in Thailand, that maybe, y'know someone somewhere would be alerted. But it's frustrating when you are actually TRTYING to buy something, and the girl's all, "Well, there were these "fedcon" tickets also, and now this!" Yes, very shocking.
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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby enterprikayak » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:53 pm

I'm debating:

Iron on? Or get-the-photostore-to-do-it?

I've done iron ons that looked fabulous for about 8 hours and then after you washed them they were wrecked. Hmmmm. I suppose if I had the shirt autographed I wouldn't want to wash it? So iron on wouldn't matter?

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Re: FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

Postby TPoptarts » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:02 pm

^ Don't they use like a special marker when they sign like t-shirts and stuff so it's like safe to wash? Or if they don't have that kinda markers there I guess you could bring one and ask them to use it for the shirt instead :? oh well I don't see the point in getting a shirt you wouldn't be able to use afterwards like ever so I vote for the photo store
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